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Madan
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 Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: Finding the Puntius denisonii |
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Hi guys,
Just back from an exhausting 2 days of trying to find the Puntius denisonii.
We did find it, and how!
I'll post pics, as soon as I can tomorrow.
Hey, retro guess what?!
There's a surprise for you too! |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a preview of the trip:
Puntius denisonii we searched and found
along with these cute guys/gals:
and this massive guy:
The first one the Puntius denisonii we found in very small numbers,
let them be where they were and did not bring any back home.
The second guys the Lion Tailed Maquae we could not dream of getting near their high perch.
The third guy was too heavy to cart back home even if he allowed it.
It's all Retro's fault, he's still not earned his first million and got us that truck to entice this feller!
I'll have the complete article up soon. |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nice Photos! Will wait for the full report  |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Cool Photos, I have a Qustion to ask the redmark on the
center of the Boady of the Puntius extended up to the Tail Fin,what Species,that would be called. A Year back I have sighted this with a Hobbyist he said that it is Imported. Puntius what we see at LFS are wild caught from Kerala
Streams is What I have seen here.I tried keeping them twice,but failed.I Presume that your Article will help to one and all to Know about this Fish.
Regards
Sundar |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Puntius bimaculatus |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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nice,,
btw, those arent lion tailed macaques - they are the common/hanuman langurs. |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you sure ZedLepp? because taking a close look at the tail, the common langurs have white hairs all over the tail and these guys had a black tail. |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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pretty sure.. lion tailed macaque (simhavaalan korangan) has a black body and distinct facial mane. tail's a foot long with a white tuft.
btw madan, is this from the periyar tiger reserve? a tusker would be pretty rare anywhere else,.. |
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Madan,
Can we have a short description of the water quality where u found these beauties.
thanx |
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Madan
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| ZedLepp wrote:
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pretty sure.. lion tailed macaque (simhavaalan korangan) has a black body and distinct facial mane. tail's a foot long with a white tuft.
btw madan, is this from the periyar tiger reserve? a tusker would be pretty rare anywhere else,..
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The Tusker was located at the Nagarhole National park.
Why Periyar Tiger reserve.... we can find wild Tuskers at Anekal near Bangalore, just 15 kilometers away. |
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Hey peeps,
Just got back from a weekend camping trip 
Apologies Madan, I'm doing my best to get that truck for you guys... :wink: :lol: |
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| madan, from what i have been told, in kerala the tusker population is real low. the non-tusked male version of elephants seem to account for majority of the male population thanks to not-so-natural selection by poachers.. might be a different story in karnataka though.. |
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Madan
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:42 am Post subject: |
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I agree with you on this Zed, The average age of a female leading a herd in the entire South India is about 17 years or lower. These matriarchs have just about sexually matured ( I suspect Indian elephants do that about 15 years of age) which is very sad.
This guy too is a very young male about 15-18 years of age no more. A virtual teenager, I have seen real large males and this feller is still growing.
Until now we had just Veerappan poaching elephants, now with him gone and no danger, every corrupt Govt, forest, police official will be joining these poachers and will soon decimate the elephant population. |
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| is this beauty also called as red line torpedo? |
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Madan wrote:
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Until now we had just Veerappan poaching elephants, now with him gone and no danger, every corrupt Govt, forest, police official will be joining these poachers and will soon decimate the elephant population.
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Let's pray that Elephants and Tigers which is a proud symbol representing our country breeds and develops well, poachers of these animals get extinct instead of the animals. |
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